Permanent hair waving



Fi1ed June 1923 Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Applioation flled Inne 9,

T0 all whom z't may ooncem.

Be it known that I, MARIE CLATHERINE STEICHEN, a citizen of the United StaJtes, and a resident of New York city, county and State 0f New York, have invented Certain new and useful Improvements in Permanent Hair Waving, of which the fellowing is a sp'ecification.

The objects 0f this invention are t o produce in permanent form a hair wave 0f the Marcel type, as distinguished from the coils 01' cur1s produced by permanent wave ap paratus now in use und further, t0 eflect this desired result in a simple,- practical manner.

For the attainment 0f the objects set forth I have desi ed a form for the waving of the hair Wh1ch is of special novel eonstruetion, as will be clei1r-from the accompanying drawing, which illustrates an embodiment of the invention in practical, concrete form.

Figure 1 in the drawing referred to is a front or face view of a preferred example of my new hair waver.

Figures 2 and 3 are end views of the same.

Figures 4 and 5 are corresponding views of a modification.

The form first illustrated consists of a stem or shank 5, tupered from 01'1e end to the other and carrying a series of branches 6 projecting in staggered relation from opfiosite sides of the stem end terminating m ooks 01 points 7 standing in approximate parallelisrn t0 the sarne.

The ends of the stem are shown.as slotted at 8 und 9 to receive thread or the like fol temporarily securing the ende of a strand of hair in lace.

The pre erred methocl of using the device is 110 wrap a ]0ck of hair about the base 0r heavier end of the stem and t0 then twine the lock under und over the proectih prongs 0r hooked branches, back an fort across the stem as indicated at 10, until the upper end of the stem is reached, whereupon the end of the lock ma be caught by wrapping about the end of t e stem und seeured by a thread engaged in the slnt 9. The ha.ir thus interlaced over the form is then baked usually by placing a pad about 192.8. 801'131 llo. 844,882.

the form und ben slipping an electric heater over the covered form. After a, Sufficient period, usually about ten 01 fifteen minutes, the heater is re'moved and the hau is untwined from the fo'rm. The 'interlacing of the hair across the stem and nbout the prongs 01 the form imparts a eer1es of rip les 01' waves to the hair correspqndmg in e ect to the Well-known Marcel type 0f wave, which are made permanent by the baking operation described.

The form or waver ma be made 0f aluminum since that is lig?1t, inexpensi ve und capable of standing the heat, bnt it W111 be understood that other metals or materials which will answer the purpose, may be employecl.

The modified form of the invention illustrated difl'ers from that first described, particularly in that the stem is swelled 01 increased in diameter intermediate the ends of the same, as indicated at 11, end the branches er prongs are staggered in a radial series ab'0ut the stem. This construction enables the lock of lmir being interlaced in a series. of loops extendingcircumferentially ab0ut the stem and the swelling of the stem imparts additional crvature to the hair, giving a very pleasing efl'ect.

\Vhat I elaim is:

A form for producin a Marcel wave. comprising a substant1ally wund und straxght stem having substantially round taperlng branches projecting from diametrically opposite sides of the same und terminatin in abruptly cnrved hooks, said hooked ranches forming substantially right angled curved b'ends relative to the stem to enable a strand of hair beingcau ht within the curve of the hooks und inter aced back and forth across the back of the straight stem end said stem having a substantially round continuation of the sume extended beyond the last hooked brauch to provide a terminal for the end of the strand cf hair to be wrapped about.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto sei: my hand this 4th day of J une, 1923.

- MARIE CATHERIN E STEICHEN. 

